Cardiff Dragons!

[Enoch]

I wonder how many Dragons fans are burning their red scarves tonight?

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I wonder how many Dragons fans are burning their red scarves tonight?

I'll guess. None.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Looking very likely now that for the first time ever two Welsh teams will be in the top flight. That'll please Bobo...

[bobo the clown]

Looking very likely now that for the first time ever two Welsh teams will be in the top flight. That'll please Bobo...

Suicidal over here !!

[PC1978]

Saw some idiot on tv yesterday who was saying it was great because there were now 3 welsh teams in the prem. Cardiff, Swansea and Bale. T*sspot.

Don't know why but that really annoyed me, must be getting grumpy in my old age!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Saw some idiot on tv yesterday who was saying it was great because there were now 3 welsh teams in the prem. Cardiff, Swansea and Bale. T*sspot.

Don't know why but that really annoyed me, must be getting grumpy in my old age!

Possibly because of the factual inexactitude, what with Bale not being a team and all that implies for the tosspottiness of said statement.

[Bruce Rioja]

Saw some idiot on tv yesterday who was saying it was great because there were now 3 welsh teams in the prem. Cardiff, Swansea and Bale. T*sspot.

Don't know why but that really annoyed me, must be getting grumpy in my old age!

Possibly because of the factual inexactitude, what with Bale not being a team and all that implies for the tosspottiness of said statement.

Still, it's to be expected from people that believe in Dragons!

[Annoyed Grunt]

Email from Tan to MacKay..........resign or get sacked.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25457024" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jaffka]

No brainier then, he stays to be sacked and gets the compo.

[Prufrock]

He'll be getting it either way after that email! What a fecking nutter!

[boltonboris]

Complete mismanagement of finances by the management staff, complete lack or control in the boards side. Really poor form all round.

All to blame for equal portions, but the difference is: only one of them doesn't need to answer to anybody

[Prufrock]

Someone is signing off on those cheques though. If it isn't Tan, then he's appointed someone who has. I doubt that person is Mackay.

[bobo the clown]

Mackay has been very quick to take his arguments through the media ... who have lapped him up. He knew he was playing with fire.

Tan is an eccentric and having been a very successful businessman seems to believe he is right in all things. We've met his sort before I guess.

It's clear that he knows little and cares less about tradition having changed shirt colour and badge in the face of huge and quite understandable opposition. what he has done is totally clear the club's debts and provide significant funds. He then sees Mackay buy players of average ability and ... significantly ... little 'big name' kudos. Then sees them perform very ordinarily when he had maybe unrealistic expectations. The blame for not understanding the budget has been given to Macjay's talent scout ... the guy sacked a few weeks ago. It should also fall on the UK based Chief Exec, Simon Lam. He has however managed, so far, to get the responsibility shifted. I suspect Tan has him in his cross hairs though.

Be careful what you wish for when a new guy wanders in to buy your club ... but Cardiff are debt free, have a new stadium and in the Premiership.

Anyway, that's all Eluned had to say on the matter as she was making Dai's bwtty.

[superjohnmcginlay]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/

He might wait till Christmas Eve just for the laugh.

[danardif1]

My post from the Zola thread but on Mackay:

'Mackay'll be sacked for some misconduct allegation, probably based on his forthright words with the media, and they'll bring in some Johnny Foreigner who looks good in a suit and gets a massive transfer kitty to finish exactly where Mackay would've got them...'

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... ay-sacking" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Looks exactly like how I described it.

The process of trying to find a long-term replacement for Mackay is under way. The club are sounding out candidates, with Dalman optimistic that Cardiff can land a high-profile name.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the former Manchester United striker who is in charge of the Norwegian club Molde, is one of the names under consideration. Sven-Goran Eriksson, now working in China, has emerged as another option.

It is believed that Tan is proposing to give the new manager substantial funds when the transfer window reopens, despite telling Mackay this week that "not a single penny" was available.

You know it's dodgy when Sven's involved... interesting to hear that Craig Bellamy turned down the chance to player-manage the side whilst they sought a full-time replacement.

[Prufrock]

He should play David Marshall up front for a laugh!

[LeverEnd]

Did anyone see the news conference with McKay's assistant? He was stuck in front of them like a rabbit in the headlights. It was appalling the way one journalist spoke to him. I'd have thrown the arrogant feck* out myself or at least gone all Joe Kinnear on him.

[bobo the clown]

Gotta love the tight purse-strings.

Whenever SG Erickson is mentioned you know there's dirty dealings afoot. He will do nowt without an open purse being freely offered to him (Ulrika imagery is permitted at this juncture).

What he did at Notts County summed the guy up for me.


I also find this Solskaer presumption of greatness pretty mystifying. Hey, he may go on to be a great manager, but it's seen as a given that he will, with precious little evidence for it.

[LeverEnd]

Gotta love the tight purse-strings.

Whenever SG Erickson is mentioned you know there's dirty dealings afoot. He will do nowt without a battered old suitcase being freely offered to him (Ulrika imagery is permitted at this juncture).

What he did at Notts County summed the guy up for me.


I also find this Solskaer presumption of greatness pretty mystifying. Hey, he may go on to be a great manager, but it's seen as a given that he will, with precious little evidence for it.

Corrected that for you.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Ulrika.ka.ka.kaka.ka...

errrrm. Malky v Mr. Tan now there's a dilemma.